The Secret Millionaire
Who? Me? Not a chance. But I welcome any millionaire who would hand me a cheque now, lol! It just happened that I am watching a British reality show called, The Secret Millionaire. I don’t watch this show regularly and this is only my second time to watch it incidentally. I can’t help but to be fascinated by how the real millionaires get to try a life different from what they are accustomed to. They would leave their homes and live in a rather destitute environment. They pretend to be new employee or something and they would do things as other workers do. Imagine a millionaire cleaning a toilet, washing the dishes and even doing the laundry. These things they otherwise haven’t done in their entire life. After a couple of weeks, they would reveal their true identity and perhaps the main goal of the show is when the millionaires share a portion of their fortune to the group or individual they have worked with. I sobbed the last time when a home for the aged that was about to shut down due to lack of budget has been saved through the help of the millionaire.
And tonight’s show is kind of dramatic. A millionaire went to Glasgow to help some groups or individuals who have been active in different lines of activity but deprived of financial resource. He, the millionaire, pretended to be just one of them. He became friends to everybody and they were nice to him. He helped a blind man who takes care of seeing eye dogs, a woman with a riding school for disabled children and a group of old folk’s home. The first reaction when he said that he is a millionaire was “are you kidding me?” or “you run with me?” Then came the cheque in £16K, £50K and £20K. He promised to send them financial aid for five years and visit them as much as he could. Isn’t it fantastic?
In hindsight, I admire these millionaires’ profound humility and generosity and I am touched by their expression of a different visions in life after the tasks. Tonight’s millionaire said that he would be back to his normal life but he would be seeing it in another perspective. His contact to the common people adds an interesting meaning to his life.
i hope most of the millionaires are like that and I hope i become one of them…
Yay, me too. Let’s keep dreaming.
Hi,
That programme since very interesting.
Sorry..spelling mistake “seems” and not “since”. Tq
We can take Bill Gates as example — as I know he donate some million dollar to many social organization regularly. I hope many millionaire will do such things.
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Bill Gates is also a generous millionaire. The only difference is that he is popular but the millionaires in the show are not.
I really believe, a lot of millionaires do that because, they know that if they give, they shall receive far more abundant than they gave.
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most millionaire happen by chance…hope to be one soon
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I hope I get the chance, too.
Hope that someone give some money for free.LOL.
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And that someone is definitely not me, hahaa!
oh millionaires, they just cant seem to find a way to spend all of their money.. but this time its a good deed, millions of people around the world need some financial assistance in any way.. I hope every people no matter how rich or poor has a kind heart.
I saw one article in the US, an old lady donated secretly her investments to her alma mater(lake forest college) after she died, all stemmed from her $180 stock she made way back 1935. Her name was Grace Groner, now she is called “Amazing Grace”.
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I will share or donate secretly, too, if I’d be a millionaire.
That’s an amazing story. She knew exactly what to do with her money and it didn’t go in vain.
sama mo ako sa mga recipients ha…
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I’m actually hoping that Manny P hand me a blank cheque hehe!
This reminds me of a story about a lotto winner who ‘tested’ his friends and relatives by pretending to be sick and needs financial help. Some of them helped him and some did not. Those who did not help him even said harsh words. Nalaman nya tuloy kung sino yung mga real friends niya. Then secretly he deposited big amounts on their accounts.
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I haven’t seen the movie yet but I know it had won in Oscars. I just had no interest to watch it. Maybe I can watch it when it will be shown on TV.